The concert given by the Youth Symphony Orchestra Ukraine on Thursday 28 March at Strasbourg’s Palais de la Musique et des Congrès is much more than an exceptional musical event. The concert organised by Support Action Ukraine and supported by the European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe is a major European cultural event and one of the highlights of the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe, a stark reminder of the imperative need to defend the founding principles of the organisation, namely democracy, human rights and the rule of law.